Madam Speaker, there are several parts to my colleague's question.
The wildfires currently devastating civilian populations are human tragedies. However, from a dispassionate perspective, they are also economic tragedies. For example, it costs a fortune to send in the armed forces to evacuate civilians. There is a cost to environmental inaction.
When it comes to the green transition, Quebec led the way by creating the carbon exchange. It is a way to mitigate climate change and incentivize emissions reductions, and it is one of the ways with the fewest economic repercussions, as the OECD recognizes.
If the rest of Canada wants to take a page from Quebec's experience, it would probably come out a winner in the long run. It would also open up opportunities in new international markets, to the extent that Canada is dealing with a president south of the border who is giving it a hard time. Canada could engage more widely with the European market.